Surfer describes how he got away from killer shark by PUNCHING it

PUNCH: Darren Mills battered the Great White shark with his bare hands [YOUTUBE]

Brit Darren Mills nearly became dinner for the hungry killer shark when it clamped its huge jaws around his leg, dragging him deeper into the waters off of New Zealand.

It was only after he punched the fish on the nose that the beast let go and Darren revealed exactly what happened in those life-threatening few moments.

The 28-year-old said: "All of a sudden I felt a terrific thump. I saw the shark had clamped its jaws around my leg and surfboard.

"It didn’t look real. I could see its gums extended from its mouth with rows of teeth lining it. It was pinning me to the board with its jaws.

"I started punching it on the nose, a sensitive area for a shark, then got hold of its snout and tried to prise it off.

KILLER: The Great White shark clamped its jaws around Darren's leg [GETTY]

“It was pinning me to the board with its jaws”

Darren Mills

"It must have been on my leg for four seconds but it felt a lot longer.

"When it let me go, it did a massive turn, flicking its tail high in the air as it went."

Still in danger of an attack as blood poured from his leg, Darren managed to paddle to shore and discovered a "big lump of flesh hanging out of a rip" on the leg of his wetsuit.

A pal stopped the bleed with a tourniquet using the surfboard's leash and an off-duty doctor and paramedic happened to be on the beach, treating him until he was choppered to hospital for a life-saving op.

Incredibly, Darren has not been put off surfing by the experience.

He added: "It was incredibly powerful but I don’t bear a grudge. It’s not put me off surfing."